AVENUE Q – Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx; Book by Jeff Whitty; Directed by Warren Sherrill; Musical Direction by Susan Draus. Produced by Miners Alley Performing Arts Center (1224 Washington, Golden) through September 17. Tickets available at 303-935-3044 or minersalley.com. Having first opened on Broadway in 2003 and running for six […]
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Written by William Shakespeare; Directed by Shelly Gaza. Produced by Phamaly Theatre Company (Presented at the Kilstrom Theatre at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 14th and Curtis, Denver) through September 2. Tickets available at 303-893-4100 or phamaly.org. Shelly Gaza makes her debut as Director with Phamaly in a […]
JERSEY BOYS – Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice; Music by Bob Guadio; Lyrics by Bob Crewe. Produced by Thingamajig Theatre Company (2313 Eagle Drive, Pagosa Springs) through August 27. Tickets available at 970-731-7469 or thingamajigbox@gmail.com. You don’t drive all the way down to Pagosa Springs to see just one show. The second evening […]
THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL – Book by Betsy Kelso; Music and Lyrics by David Nehls; Directed by Ann Evans Watson. Produced by Thingamajig Theatre Company (2313 Eagle Drive, Pagosa Springs) through August 25. Tickets available at 970-731-7469 or thingamajigbox@gmail.com. In the interest of transparency, I need to say that this little theatre holds […]
MOUNTAIN OCTOPUS – Written by Beth Kander; Directed by Betty Hart. Produced by Creede Repertory Theatre (Ruth Brown Theatre, 120 South Main, Creede) through August 26. Tickets available at 719-658-2540 or creederep.org. Beth Kander seems to have channeled Thornton Wilder in her new play currently being performed at Creede. MOUNTAIN OCTOPUS chronicles a few days […]
CLUE – Written by Sandy Rustin; Directed by John DiAntonio. Produced by Creede Repertory Theatre (Main Stage Theatre, 124 North Main, Creede) through August 26. Tickets available at 719-658-2540 or creederep.org. “Madcap” as defined by Webster is “used to describe silly and funny behavior; zany as with a clown.” Madcap as defined by Creede is […]
THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE – Written by Lauren Gunderson; Directed by Sarah Sheppard Shaver. Produced by Theatre Silco (460 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne) through August 20. Tickets available at 970-513-9386 or thesilco.org. Early in the production, Hertha explains her contribution to creating a quiet, flicker-free light bulb. At the end, as she calls attention […]
ALL TRAINS LEAD TO HOME or TRAINING SPACES – Written by Richard Sebastian-Coleman; Directed by Lori Adams-Miller. Produced by the Iron Springs Chateau Historic Melodrama Theatre (444 South Ruxton, Manitou Springs) through September 23. Tickets available at 719-685-5104 or info@ironspringschateau.com. Ever since I’ve started monitoring Colorado theatre, I’ve been intrigued by this place in […]
SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE CASE OF ALICE FAULKNER – Written by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle; Directed by Maru Garcia. Produced by the Wheat Ridge Theatre Company (5455 West 38th Avenue, Wheat Ridge) through August 13. Tickets available at 720-244-5204 or wheatridgetheatre@gmail.com. I would call the Wheat Ridge Theatre Company a start-up theatre. They have […]
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS – Written by Richard Bean; Directed by Tim Orr. Produced by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Roe Green Theatre, CU campus, Boulder) through August 13th. Tickets available at 303-492-8008 or coloradoshakes.org. Much is made of the fact that TWO GUVS is a modern version of a play written by Goldoni in 1743. […]